Otter@lemmy.ca to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 1 year ago8 versions of UUID and when to use themwww.ntietz.comexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down12
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minus-squarethanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up39arrow-down2·1 year agoThey should make the versions UUIDs instead of integers so that we don’t make assumptions about their ordinal relationships.
minus-squarekibiz0r@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoOr maybe an abbreviated hash of the text of their specifications?
minus-squareRonSijm@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYea, should have been V-00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000008 instead
minus-square.:\dGh/:.@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYes and no. They had to put the version identifier somewhere to avoid sorting problems or parsing problems, so I think that putting somewhat in the middle is a good tradeoff.
They should make the versions UUIDs instead of integers so that we don’t make assumptions about their ordinal relationships.
Or maybe an abbreviated hash of the text of their specifications?
Yea, should have been
V-00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000008insteadYes and no. They had to put the version identifier somewhere to avoid sorting problems or parsing problems, so I think that putting somewhat in the middle is a good tradeoff.